HMS by the Numbers
The following information is updated annually in the fall and is current as of Nov. 12, 2025.
Faculty
Total faculty: 12,589
Tenured and tenure-track faculty on HMS campus in 11 preclinical departments: 176
Voting faculty on campus and at affiliates: 6,887
Full-time faculty on campus and at affiliates: 10,721
Awards and Honors
Nobel Prizes (cumulative) physiology or medicine, peace: 11 prizes, 17 recipients
National Academy of Sciences members (current): 97
National Academy of Medicine members (current): 192
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (current): 41
- Investigators: 38
- Scholars: 3
See the HMS Office for Faculty Affairs for information about faculty demographics.
Residents and Trainees
Clinical fellows: 4,291
Research fellows: 4,836
Students
MD: 686
PhD: 1,011
MD-PhD: 202 [basic sciences 174, social sciences 28 (total included in MD and PhD counts)]
DMD: 140
DMD-PhD: 1
SM, MMSc: 606 (567 HMS, 39 HSDM)
DMSc: 31
Graduate students in HMS PhD programs are enrolled through the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin School of Arts and Sciences.
Entering students 2025
MD applicants: 7,166
Admitted: 217 (3%)
MD entering: 165 (includes 15 MD-PhD)
PhD: 176
DMD: 35
SM, MMSc: 335 (321 HMS, 14 HSDM)
DMSc: 10
Combined degree programs: MD-MBA, MD-MMSc, MD-MPH, MD-MPP, MD-SM
See the HMS MD Program Admissions at a Glance and Financial Aid at a Glance pages for details about the entering MD class and financial aid.
Alumni
Living medical school alumni: 11,960 (9,968 MD, 1,992 master’s)
Grants & Contracts
The following information is current as of February 2026.
- Total FY25 grants and contracts expenditures by HMS and its affiliated hospitals (includes all federal, state, and private/other grants and contracts for organized research, teaching/instruction, and other sponsored activities, for both direct and indirect costs, as reported to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education): $4,566,279,837
- Total FY25 federal grants and contracts expenditures by HMS and its affiliated hospitals (includes federal grants and contracts for organized research, teaching/instruction, and other sponsored activities, for both direct and indirect costs, as reported to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education): $2,510,885,713
Tuition and Financial Aid
The following information is current as of February 2026.
MD Financial Aid (Academic Year 2025–2026)
- Average scholarship: $65,442
- Range of scholarships: $2,010 to $107,204
- Students receiving financial aid (excluding MD–PhD students): 71%
Graduating MD Class of 2025
- Students graduating with loans: 86
- Average loan debt at graduation: $119,656
- Range of debt: $7,000 to $395,388
The average graduating debt* incurred by MD students in 2025 at HMS was $119,656, compared to the national average of $191,426 at public medical schools and $199,377 at private medical schools.
*This information is pulled from the Association of American Medical Colleges based on data submitted by medical schools to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, which accredits medical education programs operated by universities and medical schools chartered in the United States and Canada.
For the most current financial aid and admissions data, please visit the HMS MD Program Admissions at a Glance and Financial Aid at a Glance pages.
Tuition and fees (Academic Year 2025–2026)
- Tuition: $73,874
- Fees: $6,855
Tuition and fees (Academic Year 2024–2025)
- Tuition: $71,032
- Fees: $6,391